Thursday, February 6, 2020

Love You Bunches - Stenciled Background Technique

Hello!  In my online stamping group, we do several “fests” each year where we have challenges. It is always a very creative time, and I plan to share some of the cards I create here on my blog too.

One of the challenges was to use this ingenious Stenciling technique by my stamping friend Beth.  She did a nice tutorial here on How to Add Depth to your Stencils.



I used an older Plaid stencil and used 3 Distress Oxide colors and tried to blend them as best I could. I added black pen marks and tried to be consistent as to where the light source would be, although I know I need to work on that.  

I simply finished off the card with this cute stamp, colored with markers, and adding some glitter glue  Nuvo drops accents to the bouquet. 

I like that I could use this card for Valentines, Birthdays or even a Get well.  


I would love to enter Penny Black’s Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Love is in the Air challenge, SimonSaysStamp’s Monday Challenge Floral Frenzy.

Supplies: Penny Black Good Day Stamp set, Plaid Stencil, Distress Oxide inks Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, other items from my stash.

Here is the background alone, and the other one I made (a little preview of a card coming up soon!)


Thank you for visiting today!

17 comments:

Connie Mercer said...

Love the highlights you added to the flower background~looks good :)

Lisa Babitz said...

Cute image! Love your sponging and "shadow" effect you achieved with the marker!

aussie aNNie said...

Ever so adorable, you come up with gorgeous n cute cards, love that background Heidi.x

Bev Polen said...

Hi, Heidi! Your card is adorable with the fantastic cat! Love the background you created and the shadowing is great. I'll have to try that technique. Hugs!

Verna Angerhofer said...

Cute image and a great background made using the stencil.

Cat Craig said...

oh this is such fun. that bold colorful background is perfect for that darling cat.

handmade by amalia said...

This card is going to make someone happy, super cute.
Amalia
xo

Bunny said...

I love this cute card. The background is great. [Bunny]

April said...

Super cute and a great technique!

Carol L said...

The background is wonderful with all the colors and highlighted black markings that make it so striking and eye-catching! Cute and fun stamped image too! TFS the tutorial, I'm going to check it out :)

Babs said...

The colours are so lovely on your background, and it looks beautiful, lovely stencil , stamps and technique all makes a gorgeous card, thanks for the tutorial, I will check this out too.
Bags x

Conniecrafter said...

that stamp just makes me smile every time I see it, the background is great with it!

Mac Mable said...

Great depth and another technique for my to do list....Thank you x. A fabulous card, with wonderful colours and a fun stamped image x.

Anonymous said...

These backgrounds are beautiful. The black is a very nice contrast and certainly adds depth to your background. Nicely finished card.

Poppyfield Card Crafts said...

I LOVE this design Heidi. The image of the cat is priceless!

June

Aimeslee Winans said...

Simply adorable, Heidi! And so colorful. Had to go back and re-read about the black pen shadowing as I thought your background in the last pic was a flower die cut!!! I'd say you can shadow pretty well, lol!! xox

Helen said...

Fab card - love your background!
Thanks so much for playing with us at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge!
Helen x